“All this was very loose guessing, and I don't pretend it was ingenious or scientific. I wasn't any kind of Sherlock Holmes. But I have always fancied I had a kind of instinct about questions like this. I don't know if I can explain myself, but I used to use my brains as far as they went, and after they came to a blank wall I guessed, and I usually found my guesses pretty right.”
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“Perfume is the scent that pours out of a flower's soul when crushed.”
“There is no reason for verbosity in the olfactory world. Less is more.”
“Sweet and kind words are enough as the perfume of all the women of the world.”